I’m a historian and I know for certain where Nazi gold is hidden

Ever since the end of the Second World War, there has been a fascination with Nazi gold. open image in gallery Earlier in 2023, the Dutch National Archive released this Second World War-era map of the Dutch village of Ommeren, which had a red X marking where German soldiers allegedly buried treasure It had been released by the National Archives of the Netherlands, as part of a group of papers that told how a group of German paratroopers who were fighting the British in Arnhem in September 1944 took unscrupulous advantage of an explosion at a bank in the centre of town and stuffed four ammunition boxes with gemstones, jewellery, watches, coins and other valuables — which hopefully included some actual gold. Official trailer for the documentary about Walters’s experience Fruitful or not, what my quest taught me is that I need to be less sceptical about those who suspect they may have found some Nazi gold. Take the fabled Nazi gold train, that was reported back in 2015 as being buried in a tunnel near the city of Walbrzych in southwest Poland. open image in gallery Excavations looking for the ‘Nazi gold train’ in Walbrzych, Poland, 16 August 2016 While it is easy to laugh and to be sceptical, there is no doubt that some Nazi gold must be hidden somewhere in the forests and lakes of what had been occupied Europe.